ABOUT THE BOOKOne of the 1960s counterculture’s most fascinating characters was Kerry
Wendell Thornley -- a writer, philosopher, Zen dishwasher, enlightened
prankster, and, possibly, an Oswald double with disturbing ties to the Kennedy
assassination.

A lifelong provocateur, Thornley was linked to many of the fringe elements of
the time. He helped create the spoof religion called the Discordian Society and
its tract, the Principia Discordia. He coined the term “paganism” to
describe various nature religions. And he befriended Robert Anton Wilson,
inspired the Illuminatus, and gave his anarchic support to the Bavarian
Illuminati, a brilliant prank.

But Thornley’s path also crossed Lee Harvey Oswald’s. It’s a fact that the two
served together in the Marines. But did they keep in touch later, in New
Orleans? And were they both used by foes of JFK? Jim Garrison investigated their
relationship -- and so does Adam Gorightly in The Prankster and the
Conspiracy, an account of Thornley’s tragic yet hilarious life, the JFK
conspiracy, and the chaos caused by worshipping the goddess of discord. With a
foreword by Robert Anton Wilson.

“Adam Gorightly is a ‘crackpot historian’ of the hippest sort.” -- Paranoia
magazine

ADAM GORIGHTLY is the author of
The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control, and
“The Manson Family” Mythos. His articles have appeared in
zines as The Excluded Middle, Crash Collusion, UFO Magazine,
Paranoia, SteamShovel Press, Pills-a-go-go, Dagobert’s Revenge,
and Saucer Smear.